Fruit-box-cover press



Patented and bottom, and tbe principal object LELAND H. PLATT', LOSANGELES, CALE'OENIA.

FRUT-BOX-COVER, PRESS.

Application sled March 18, 1925. Serial No. LGMEH).

1,- my This invention reinos lo iiuit palsu f A] Dresses and moreparticularly to oec J a ,irons fruits that are packed in boxes vo cratesthat are overlilled and bulge tho slats toupinig the top and bottoni,andere alsr prkovided with a cleat at each end o1 the rop Y to provide apress that wilt have a greater range ot movement and adjustment inrefation to trie dil'i'erent size bonos i sed, both in length andheight. l 1 1 lt is also an object to provare a nox press in whichgradually increasing;` pressure may be obtained with a shorter ulcruinand a link movement, giving` the l:reatest case and less manual movementet the oifjerator, and the lid holder hele securely in )nC while the lidand cleats are being@` n eri, 1 +iwith the equalized oulginf; of theoottoni provided for by a curved box seat.

lt a further object to provide a baci; i'ruit guard so that the operatorwill have to spend time trying to prevent fruit from being` pressed outin the rear, this also acting' to support an adjustable box stop toproperly register the over-filled box under the cover pressing member. It n ln the drawing' accompanying` this specilication Figure l, is afront elevation ot the press in the receptive position tor a bos, thYtrent ond ot the operating; leverI being broken away in a line flushwith the front of the seat support. A Y

Fig'. 2 is a vertical side elevation of l l, a portion ot the sidetraine brolven away to better show the link tor obtaining the greaterrange une pressure, the dotted line showing; the lower position, and p 3is a plan view enlarged o the curved lid member, to clearly show how thelid contact may be adjusted for different lengths of slats, and bring;the pressure close to the'ends, the straight edge `also actingas a gaugefor the cleats.

More specically in the drawings numerals are used to desifrnate theindicated parts oi the structure, indieating the main uprights of thetraine., preferably wformed oit' angle iron, these being supported andheld in vertical position by suitable angle iron braces, and spacedapart in parallel relation to support on their inner faces the U shapedguideways 6 6 within which slides the sliding trarne 7 provided with thetorwardly projecting` arms 8 8 preferably formed as shown with goosenecks to allow a greater range of inet-:ement of the lid contacitingvmember supported thereon and carry the saine below the upper edge oi thefruit back guard 9.

'lhe trarne resiliently supp-orteil the battery of coiled springscounter weights may be used to hold the trame up and return it to thisposition opposition to the depressing movement ot' the toot lever il,pivotally supported in the rear of the uprights 5-5 on a suppleineirtary .traine l2 by a pin, le, this lever being' preferably formen of twolengths of strap metal that are secured together face to tace for thegreater part of their length, but are spaced apart the forward end Yostradi ,e the arcuate rack lo, embrace pawl 1G, adapted engage the Leraclr, and secure, the end, the pedfi 17 preferably termed of T iron,

Secured rigidly to the lever forward of its pivoted end are thecastings, 18-18 adapted to extend above the lever and enibrace 'theslotted. portion of the arcuate link i9, and through the arcuate formedslot therein projects the pin 20, its ends secured in suitable bores inthe casting, and preferably provided with anti friction sleeve orsleeves to roll in the slot.

rlhis link 19' is pivoted in a fixed position on the auxiliary traine l2by a pin' i3, oppositely disposed end being` also provider with a boreto receive the pivot pin 2l secured in the open end of the yoke theupper end ot this yoke being` provided with a threaded bore to receivethe threaded end of the eye bolt 23, adapted to be hooker! over the hook24 secured in the lower cross bar of the traine 7, so that adjustment isprovided for the throw of the frame; a'suitable lock nut being providedto lock the adjustment.

Secured to the horizontally disposed portion oit' the arms 8 are theupwardly bowed cross bars 25-25 so spaced as to be o1 less distanceapart than the width of any box and of less length than any boX used onthe press, and secured under these and inside of bars 8-8 are the fiatbars 26-26 that form a sliding support for the sliding bars 27 27secured at their outer ends to the lid contacting plates 28-28 bysuitable tastenings to leave a smooth under surface, these fasteningsalso serving` to secure a cross slide bar 29 over each plate 28 sospaced therefrom by suitable spacers at each end as to stiftenl bvlfb-lll though to at the plates 28 and permit the ends of bars 25 toslide between and in parallel relation to the bars 27, as shown by'fulland dotted lines on the right side of Fig,

Secured in the bars 26am counter sunk bolts 30 which project upwardlythroughthe slots in the two forward bars 27, and are provided with thumbnuts 3l, so that the outer slidable elements mav be fixed in anyadjustable position to accommodate different length boxes, the length ofthe bars 28 being greater or equal to the rarely varying width of fruitboxes.

Below the pressingelements and the Jtruit guard 9 is provided a curvedbox seat 88, of the adjustable type disclosed in pat-ent granted to J.H. Platt for crate presses numbered 1,345,878 of July 6, 1920, consist?.ing of the pivoted links Sil hinged in the seat frame 35 and operated byhandles 86, so that by elevating` the box seat by lifting the bars,shallower boxes will be accommodated as necessary.

By the employment of the arcuate link a greater leverage is exerted in amore direct line at the final stage of the required pressure on thefruit by the lid iu its Contact with the overfilled box` as well as agreater range or throw as indicated by lines et), and the bowed form ofthe bars 25 allow of the bulging of the lids forming the cover withoutbreakage.y delay or loss of material.

ln the operation of the press the plates 28 are slid out or in untiltheir outer edges register just within the nailing line of the cover andpreferably within such a distance from the end of the box that they actas a gauge for the placing of the cleats used to reinforce this type ofpacking box, these cleat-s having a shelf provided on either side at 56,a stripper box clamp 37 being shown 'hat may be shifted `from one sheltIto the other, depending on the right or left handed use by the operator,the usual rack for the lids being provided bv frame 38 and bars 89.

I claim:

l. In a fruit press of the class described, the combination of asupporting frame provided with guideways, a frame provided with apressing` member adapted to be operated in said guideways, an opposedbox seatmounted on said frame, a lever hinged to said supporting frame,and a pivoted arcuate linl( interposed between said frame provided witha pressing` member and said lever whereby the pressure exerted in theoperation of said lever is varied as to the amount pressure produced bysaid pressing memer.

2. A fruit press of the class described, combining a supporting Iframeprovided with guideways, a sliding frame resiliently supported in, saidguideways, an opposed box seat, an operating lever, an arcuate linkmovably connected to said lever, means to pivot said link to saidsupporting frame, and means to connect said link to said sliding framewhereby movement of said lever will move said sliding` frame inopposition to said box seat.

Z3. A fruit box cover press comprising a supporting frame provided witha sliding frame carrying a pressing` member supporting` adjustable lidcontacting members and an opposed box seat, an operating lever for saidsliding frame, and a pivoted link connecting said lever and saidsliding` frame whereby the relative movement will be varied to givegreater pressure toward the termination of the movement.

ln a fruit box cover press, the comn b-ination of a movable framesupported adjacent a box seat, a box seat, arms secured to said movableframe and extending transversely over said box seat, lateral supportingp ates secured to said transverse arms, laterally movable transverse lidcontacting plates adapted to slide in relation to said lateralsupporting plates and extending` outwardly therefrom, slide bars securedto said lid contacting plates and adapted to enibrace said lateralsupporting plates, arms extending inwardly from said lid contactingplates and secured thereto and to said slide bars, short transverse barssecured to said lateral supporting plates to support said arms. andmeans to lock said arms in relation to said short transverse bars.

5. ln a fruit box cover press, the combination of a movable framesupported adjacent a box seat, a box seat, arms secured to said movableframe extending transversely over saidbox seat, lateral supportingplates secured to said transverse arms transverse lid contacting platesadjacent said transverse armsa adapted to slide on said lateralsupporting plates slotted arms connected to said lid contacting` platesslidably mounted in relation to said transverse arms. and means to locksaidV slotted arms in relation to said lateral and transverse arms.

LELAND H, PLATT.

